AcuSport 5R Remington 700

AcuSport have added .300 Win. Mag. and .223 Rem. to their Remington 700 line which features 5-R rifling. From the press release:

Following the huge success of the Remington Model 700 (#9663) with 5-R rifling in .308 caliber. AcuSport is pleased to add two new Model 700 rifles to the 5-R line. Features a M700 stainless steel barreled action with 5-R barrel, the same barrel, an aluminum bedding in block in standard VS configuration. The 5-R designation refers to the barrels five lands and grooves and eleven degree target crown.

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5R rifling is said be to easier to clean because the sides of the lands are more rounded than conventional rifling making it easier for a cleaning patch to get into the groove. It also is said to prevent gas leakage. I believe the M24 Rem 700 variant uses 5R rifling.

I have emailed the PR guy at AcuSport asking what the MSRP is. When I know I will update this blog post.

UPDATE: MSRP is for .223 and .308 is $1,359. The 300WM has a suggested price of $1,379.

More info here (PDF link)

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Steve Mar 13th 2009 rifles Tags: , , , 3 Comments

3 Responses to “AcuSport 5R Remington 700”

  1. gary@nyon 09 Aug 2009 at 12:28 pm link comment

    the vtr …. have this in 22-250, lightened the trigger to 2 lbs, love it i can shoot this gun all day , its a blast ! i have a leopold 4.5-14×50 , makes it a sweet gun w/bi-pole.

  2. Jameson 16 Sep 2009 at 2:20 pm link comment

    The M24 is built with the R-5 barrel. It has been used in sniper based systems due to the rate of twist (1 in 11 I think) and because it tends to ‘like’ heavier rounds (I shoot 180 grain through mine). Match grade ammo it is deadly accurate @ 600-700 yards. It is still a neat trick to stretch a .308 out to 1000 though.

  3. Jameson 16 Sep 2009 at 2:22 pm link comment

    Forgot to metion, ’sniperpx.com’ has a smokin’ deal on this rifle in .223, .308 and .300 WM. Also as a ‘deployment package’. If you’re interested in this gun, contact them for more info.

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